I have been using my HA successfully for over a year, with no problems, regular updating and not so regular back ups. The set up was with a RaspberryPi3 and HA running off an external drive - Main operation and config was through web and wall panel (Fire HD)
All of a sudden when I was away, a few weeks ago, it completely stopped working. I have restarted the RPi and nothing - just said it couldn’t connect. Then when i connected the Rpi to a screen it came up with a screen that says…
Waiting for the Home Assistant CLI to be ready… [WARN] Hone Assistant CLI not starting! Jump into emergency console…
So, asking the the FB group, the help I received said that i need to recover a back up - which i am guessing will be quite old.
The question is where do I start to get this back up and running?
When I set it up, it was all new to me (i’m not a techie!) and I immersed myself into the learning and managed to get it all working. However, i need pointing in the right direction.
Hi Ian, TBH I know of only 1 way to get your backup on your system - IF you have loaded that file off from your system.
When you reinstall HA, you can supply that backup file at the onboarding screen.
Maybe someone else comes up with another solution because there might be another way to get your system working but that could be not so easy.
No not necessarily, maybe someone else with more knowledge might come up with a way to recover your system.
My solution was, IF your backup is OK, to start from scratch, use the backup so you can return to the moment you backup was taken.
This is something you can do now and again, IF your backup is usable.
A new installation and restore at the onboarding screen is the best way, but there are others. I won’t discuss them as you will be best doing it the way described.
That’s at least what I would do: leave the current setup as is and install on a new SD so you can test if your backup is useful and see to what date you are thrown back.
